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Financial Wisdom grows and goes its own way

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2006
Dealer group Financial Wisdom continues to develop its progressive services and strategies while at the same time expanding its network, announcing it now has 410 advisers under its umbrella. General manager of Financial Wisdom, Paul Barrett, said the ...

Back to bonds: EPFR

The flight to quality has intensified in recent weeks with global bond funds the only fund category that enjoyed a net inflow in the last month, according to a US-based global bonds and equity funds tracker. "During the past five weeks of global sell-off ...

FPA preps members on conflicts of interest principles

Against the view that many financial planners are putting their own paycheque before their clients' best interests, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has issued a guide designed to help their members manage potential conflicts of interest. The ...

HNW investors dumping hedge funds in favour of PE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
High net worth (HNW) investors are diversifying their investments away from equities and property but underperforming hedge funds have pushed them into the private equity sector. Merrill Lynch have just released the 10th anniversary edition of their ...

ASIC serves up life to insurance rep

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
A former CGU Insurance representative has been permanently banned from offering financial services after repeated and deliberate dishonest behaviour, including spending client's insurance premiums on himself. Terence Howell, from Victoria, has received ...

Tread carefully in listed property: Perennial

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
Global listed property has become a vast and opportunistic frontier, with expected sweeping property securitisation feeding the hungry investment hordes. But the landscape isn't all sure under foot, said Perennial. Speaking at the Perennial Global Listed ...

Former Westpac rep rips off $500k

A former Westpac Banking Corporation representative has received a permanent ban from providing financial services after being found guilty of misappropriating client money worth around half a million dollars. Former Westpac representative, David Jarrett ...

Allianz Global flags $350m European property fund IPO

You think you've got World Cup fever? Allianz Global Investors Australia has taken the mania in Germany one step further by planning an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listing of a property fund that focuses on German retail and commercial properties. ...

True high conviction means big positions: Peters MacGregor

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
Define high conviction. To Peters MacGregor it means holding just eight stocks but backing your positions with more than 60 per cent of your total capital. Peters MacGregor chief executive officer, James Craigie, explained that to his team a high conviction ...

FCA levels insurance field for DIY funds

Family Care Australia (FCA) has teamed up with MetLife Insurance to provide self-managed super funds (SMSFs) group insurance products at fees on par with that of large employer and industry funds. "Unlike members of large employer or industry funds ...